<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li>Musk’s companies exploring trillion-dollar mergers for AI and space: Elon Musk’s SpaceX, xAI, and potentially Tesla are in early discussions to merge, aiming to form a trillion-dollar super-company. The proposed consolidation, which could involve SpaceX and xAI before SpaceX’s IPO, seeks to combine rockets, satellites, AI, and electric vehicles. A key driver is the plan for space-based AI data centers powered by solar energy, intended to reduce AI model training costs and strengthen military AI integration. This move, indicated by recent corporate filings in Nevada, highlights a bold strategy to dominate multiple tech sectors. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/wMYF638eZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Meta escalates AI infrastructure investment to $135 billion: Meta plans to invest an astounding $115-135 billion in AI infrastructure in 2026, nearly doubling its 2025 investment. This massive expenditure, comparable to Kenya’s GDP, supports Meta’s Superintelligence Labs and the development of ‘personal superintelligence’ agents. Mark Zuckerberg aims to integrate large language models with recommendation systems across Facebook, Instagram, and ad platforms to boost revenue, signaling a deep commitment to AI-driven growth and a significant expansion of their compute capabilities. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/JHGPGk0MW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Kubernetes RCE flaw identified, commonly used permissions at risk: Edera Advisory has uncovered a critical design flaw in Kubernetes that enables remote code execution (RCE) in any container on a node. This vulnerability exploits <code>nodes/proxy GET</code> permissions, which are widely used by monitoring tools and network overlays. While the problematic permission is slated for removal in Kubernetes 1.36 (expected April 2025), many production clusters will take significant time to update, leaving them exposed. Organizations are advised to scan for RCE attempts and implement fine-grained authorization controls to mitigate this risk, as reported on January 29, 2026. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/phMyeDnVg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li>Google DeepMind launches Project Genie AI world generator: Google DeepMind has launched Project Genie, an experimental web prototype powered by the Genie 3 world model, capable of generating infinite, interactive environments in real-time from text and image prompts, available to Google AI Ultra subscribers. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/iit38VC43" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division reports significant declines: Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division saw console sales drop 32% and overall gaming revenue decline 9% year-over-year in Q2 FY26, marking the sixth consecutive year of declining console sales despite overall company growth driven by cloud services. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/uKbAAElcM" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Apple acquires audio AI startup <a href="http://Q.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Q.ai</a>: Apple has acquired Israeli audio AI startup <a href="http://Q.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Q.ai</a> for an estimated $1.6 to $2 billion, strengthening its AI hardware capabilities with <a href="http://Q.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Q.ai</a>’s expertise in whispered speech recognition and audio enhancement, likely benefiting AirPods and Vision Pro. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/PknWg8Xks" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Developer container security practices show significant gaps: A BellSoft survey reveals 23% of developers experienced container-related security incidents last year, with human error causing 62% of mistakes, and nearly half preferring pre-hardened images over self-managing security. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/I55IVTrKU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Google Cloud introduces conversational analytics in BigQuery: Google Cloud has launched Conversational Analytics in BigQuery (preview), an AI-powered agent integrated into BigQuery Studio that uses Gemini models to enable natural language data analysis, eliminating the need for SQL knowledge. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/2YKMeABdR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>NVIDIA GeForce NOW launches native Linux support: NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW cloud gaming service now offers native Linux PC support in beta, providing RTX performance streaming up to 5K at 120fps on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and later, distributed as a Flatpak. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/RB8XUehQ7" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Malicious npm package steals crypto and cloud credentials: Security researchers discovered ‘ansi-universal-ui,’ a malicious npm package deploying the G_Wagon infostealer to steal cryptocurrency wallets, browser credentials, and cloud provider keys, leveraging Appwrite for command and control. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/2hgomnTp3" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Microsoft’s hybrid AI chip strategy: Microsoft has deployed its Maia 200 AI inference chip in data centers, claiming superior performance, but CEO Satya Nadella confirmed the company will continue purchasing AI chips from Nvidia and AMD, indicating a diversified supply chain strategy. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/kN85HgrLU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Ruby ecosystem updates January 2026: Ruby Weekly Issue 785 reports on recent developments in the Ruby ecosystem, including a RubyConf startup pitch competition, tutorials on optimistic UI in Rails, 37signals open-sourcing Fizzy, and releases of Devise 5.0, Rails 8.1.2, and the Mudis in-memory cache library. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/p4p5rYaQJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Node.js impact from OpenSSL vulnerabilities January 2026: Three OpenSSL CVEs, assessed at Low to Moderate severity, affect Node.js versions due to PFX certificate file processing, with fixes planned for regular Node.js releases rather than dedicated security patches. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/jITntLdtr" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>formae IaC platform adds multi-cloud support and plugin SDK: Platform Engineering Labs announced beta multi-cloud support for its open-source IaC platform, formae, now including Google Cloud, Azure, Oracle Cloud, and OVHcloud, alongside a new Plugin SDK for custom extensions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/bqzmDPKsL" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>IBM says AI is insane in the mainframe as z17 sales surge: IBM reported strong Q4 2025 results with mainframe revenue reaching a 20-year high, driven by the z17 series and $12.5 billion in GenAI business, positioning mainframes as cost-effective platforms for AI workloads. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/fLvANv47" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>GitHub Codespaces now in public preview for Enterprise with data residency: GitHub Codespaces is now available in public preview for GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency support, ensuring sensitive data remains within selected regions for compliance. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/m4rSRbzRV" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>I shipped a transaction bug, so I built a linter: A developer built a custom Go linter using the go/analysis framework to detect when code inside transaction callbacks uses outer repository instances instead of transaction-scoped parameters, preventing database operation leaks. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Lx23O016G" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Vivaldi browser doubles down on anti-AI stance: Vivaldi’s latest browser release focuses on user-centric features like tab tiling, deliberately avoiding AI integration, with its CEO stating users view AI in browsers as primarily a data collection tool. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ztifZ6N8Z" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Troubleshooting home network issues with Unifi security: A developer debugged intermittent git connection failures to Azure DevOps, discovering their Unifi router’s security feature was blocking outbound SSH connections, which was resolved by suppressing the security signature. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/tiWFqdgDc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li>GDC report: AI harms industry, layoffs up, but hey, Unreal is winning!: The 2026 GDC State of the Industry Report, based on a survey of 2,300 professionals, proudly announces that game industry layoffs are up to 17%, and 52% of respondents now believe generative AI harms the industry (up from a mere 30% last year). But don’t worry, Unreal Engine is now the primary development engine for 42% of respondents, surpassing Unity. So, while jobs are disappearing and AI is apparently a menace, at least we know which engine is currently fashionable. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/REyf1LA3H" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Apiiro’s Guardian Agent: AI to save us from AI-generated vulnerabilities: Apiiro has launched ‘Guardian Agent,’ an AI security tool designed to prevent AI coding agents from generating vulnerable code. Apparently, enterprises are generating 4x more code and expanding attack surfaces 6x after adopting AI coding agents, and developers are ‘often unaware’ of these AI-induced vulnerabilities. So, the solution to AI creating insecure code is… more AI. What could possibly go wrong with an AI rewriting developer prompts into ‘secure’ ones in real-time? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/5AaMXyHJd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Meta Reality Labs: $19.2 billion in losses, but ‘peak losses’ are totally behind us!: Meta’s Reality Labs reported a staggering $19.2 billion in operational losses for FY25, bringing its total losses since 2020 to $83.6 billion. But fear not, CEO Mark Zuckerberg assures us that FY25 represents ‘peak losses’ and a strategic pivot towards glasses and wearables, along with bringing Horizon to mobile. Because after nearly $20 billion in a single year, surely the next pivot will be the one that finally makes the metaverse profitable. Or at least less of a money pit. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ALCffHVkc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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